The simple answer is, right here.  In Iraq.  At my desk, in my hooch, staring at the computer.  Yeah, I've been out on a couple of missions, nothing too exciting really.  Mostly I have been right here, trying to come up with another post for OS.  See, this was originally supposed to be my little outlet where I could ramble and chart my travels and activities here in Iraq.  So I put up my first post, and it got picked up by the editors, and all these people read it, and it was awesome.  I had some idea that that could happen, but I never thought it would happen.

I managed to get a few more EPs, and then I had a post that didn't get picked. That's when I realized that I was getting really invested in the popularity of what I was writing, and not just letting it flow.  I forgot that I am rather competitive sometimes.  Oops.  So I have been sitting here trying to figure out what to write and how to write it in such a way as to get picked again.  I have a good friend who's a "real" writer, she's published books and stuff, and she suggested to start again with the "little" stuff.  Then a work friend of mine suggested the same thing...

So here's the deal OS.  I'm going away for a little while.  Not permanently - just a break to get my head back on straight.  I'm going over to Tumblr for a bit to write about little stuff and try to work out my blogger's block so I can write about big stuff again.  Thanks for reading, it has been truly humbling to get so much feedback from people I have never met.  I look forward to coming back to you all with some new material!  If you want to come check me out, you're all welcome.

Cheers,

SFS